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The guy laughed but made no move to shove a camera in my face, which was just as well considering my current condition.
Instead he shocked the hell out of me by saying, “I spoke to you on the phone the other week. You know my sister, Shannon. You dropped her home from school.”
My head snapped up, and I found myself concentrating a whole heap more on the lad in front of me.
“You’re the hurler…” I paused and racked my brain for his name. “Joey!” I blurted out, proud of myself for managing to retrieve that piece of information in my state. “Joey the hurler and Shannon like the river.”
“Like the river?” the girl chuckled. “God, how much have you had to drink?”
“A river load by the looks of it,” Joey stated wryly, eyeing me with curiosity. “Do you think you should head home, man?” he added. “You look fairly well oiled.”
“Would if I could,” I admitted with a grumble. “No taxi.”
“Sure we can give you a lift, can’t we, babe?” the girl announced, pointing down the street. “We’re only parked down the road.”
I opened my mouth to protest but, “That’d be great, thanks,” came out instead.
“Yeah, sure, no problem,” Joey agreed, looking a bit surprised. He shifted uncomfortably for a minute, then inclined his head. “Let’s go.”
I managed to stand up, but it took a lot of work to stay upright.
Slamming my shoulder against the wall, I managed to keep my balance as I followed after them.
Thankfully, the girl who I presumed was Joey’s girlfriend wasn’t messing when she said they were only parked down the road.
Another few stumbling feet and we reached the red Opal Corsa.
At least that’s what I thought it was. It was hard to tell because my head was spinning and the car was a bucket of rust.
Fuck it, though, I was in no state to question their methods of traveling. I was beyond grateful for the lift.
“I’m Aoife Molloy, by the way,” the girl announced, giving me a bright smile before making her way around to the passenger side of the car. “Joey the hurler’s girlfriend.” She snickered at that last bit before climbing into the front seat.
“Nice to meet you,” I replied, keeping my weight against the wall while Joey opened the driver’s side door and then rolled the seat forward.
“Three door,” he said by way of explanation. “You’re going to have to climb into the back.”
“It’s fine, lad.” I pulled away from the wall and braced my weight against the car before wedging myself through the tiny space.
My efforts were about as effective as sailing a paper boat because Joey had to shove on my back to get me inside.
“Christ,” I muttered when I was finally in.
Sinking down in the middle of the seat, I had to twist my body sideways, my legs facing the side window, so Joey could push back his seat.
“You good, Kavanagh?” he called out when he climbed inside and pushed his seat back another five inches.
“All good,” I croaked out, body mashed between the back of his seat and mine. “Thanks again for the lift.”
“No bother,” Joey replied. He leaned over and pressed a kiss to his girlfriend’s lips before fastening his seat belt. “Where are we heading?”
Straight to your house because I wanna fuck your sister, I thought to myself. I smirked at the fabulous notion, and then hunted the crazy thought away with a shake of my head.
Probably love her, too, I mused to myself, a fucking lot, before pushing that madness out as well.
Cop yourself on, asshole!
“About four miles the other side of Tommen College,” I slurred. I tried to find my seat belt, but my fumbling hands wouldn’t cooperate. “Head out the main road for the city.” Giving up on finding my belt, I dropped my head back against the rest and sighed. “I’ll call the turnoffs when we get to them.”
